{"id":355,"date":"2007-12-31T13:51:58","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T17:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/31\/most-read-articles-for-2008\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:34:47","slug":"most-read-articles-for-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/31\/most-read-articles-for-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Most read articles for 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the top 10 read articles from Understanding Google Maps over the past 12 months:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/blog\/index.php?p=50\">1. Which On-line Directories provide details to Google Maps<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/27\/first-case-of-large-scale-abuse-at-google-maps\/index.php\">2. First Case of Large Scale Abuse at Google Maps<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/27\/google-coupons-now-has-searchable-interface\/index.php\">3. Google Coupons now has searchable interface<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/19\/now-taking-nominations-the-2007-top-10-list-of-the-bizarre-funny-andor-otherwise-irrelevant-blog-entries-in-the-search-world\/index.php\">4. Now taking Nominations for the Rubber Chicken Awards<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/blog\/index.php?p=63\">5. Sources for Google Map\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Restaurant Local Listing data<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/19\/goog411-rolls-out-bill-boards-in-the-hinterlands\/index.php\">6. Goog-411 Rolls out Billboards in the Hinterlands<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/26\/subscribe-to-google-coupons-on-your-main-search-page-results-via-google-co-op\/index.php\">7. 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